אַרְבַּעʼarbaʻ

four, with Qr

Pronunciation: ar-bah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H702

Meanings

1. without other number

a. אַרְבַּע (Jeremiah 15:3; Exodus 25:12; Deuteronomy 3:11)

b. אַרְבָּעָה (Genesis 2:10; Genesis 14:9; Exodus 25:34)

c. אַרְבַּ֫עַת (Judges 11:40; 1 Kings 7:32; Ezekiel 7:2)

d. dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם (2 Samuel 12:6)

2. with other number

a. 14th (Genesis 31:41; Genesis 14:5; 2 Kings 18:13)

b. 24th (1 Kings 15:33; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Chronicles 27:1-200)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 317 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 2:10 A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches.
  • Genesis 11:13 After the birth of Shelah, Arphaxad lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 11:15 After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 11:16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
  • Genesis 11:17 After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 14:5 One year later Kedorlaomer and his allies arrived and defeated the Rephaites at Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites at Ham, the Emites at Shaveh-kiriathaim,
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).